DC Washington Trip October 28th 2017 Fermilab Users Executive Committee meeting Louise Suter, FNAL
Congressional letters of support As discussed Leland wrote drafts letters which we sent to the Appropriations Committee members on both House and Senate side October 17th, 2016 October 17th, 2016 Chairman Lamar Alexander Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein Subcommittee on Energy and Water Subcommittee on Energy and Water Chairman Mike Simpson Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur Development Development Subcommittee on Energy and Water Subcommittee on Energy and Water Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations Development Development 186 Dirksen Senate Office Building 188 Dirksen Senate Office Building Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building 1016 Longworth House Office Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Feinstein: Dear Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Kaptur: We are writing on behalf of the Fermilab Users Organization, an organization of approximately 3,500 scientists and engineers that utilize the research facilities provided by the Department of We are writing on behalf of the Fermilab Users Organization, an organization of approximately Energy (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located outside of Chicago, Illinois. We 3,500 scientists and engineers that utilize the research facilities provided by the Department of thank you for your continued support for the High Energy Physics program in the DOE Office of Energy (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located outside of Chicago, Illinois. We Science. In particular, we thank you for including $833 million for High Energy Physics in the thank you for your continued support for the High Energy Physics program in the DOE Office of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. As you negotiate a FY 2017 conference agreement with the U.S. House of Representatives, we Science. As you begin conference negotiations on a Fiscal Year 2017 Energy and Water strongly urge you to maintain this level of funding in the final bill. This funding level is vital to Development appropriations bill with the U.S. Senate, we strongly urge you to maintain the maintain U.S. leadership in particle physics, move forward on world-class scientific projects, and Senate funding level of $833 million for High Energy Physics. This funding level is vital to meet scheduled commitments to our international partners. maintain U.S. leadership in particle physics, to enable us to move forward on world-class scientific projects, and to meet scheduled commitments to our international partners. Consistent with the Senate bill, we ask that the $833 million include $55 million for the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, the first large-scale Consistent with the Senate bill, we ask that the $833 million includes $55 million for the Long international facility built on U.S. soil. On September 1, 2016, the Department of Energy Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, the first large-scale approved the start of construction for this project and the $55 million funding level is needed to international facility built on U.S. soil. Since the House passed H.R. 5055, on September 1, move forward with major construction work, to meet project milestones, and build the first 2016, the Department of Energy has approved the start of construction for this project and the prototype detectors. In addition to this major project, the $833 million funding level will advance $55 million funding level is needed to move forward with major construction work to meet project and support other world-leading undertakings, such as U.S. contributions to the upgrades of the milestones and build the first prototype detectors. In addition to this major project, the $833 Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN, second generation dark matter and dark energy million funding level will advance and support other world-leading undertakings, such as U.S. experiments, and particle physics and accelerator research at U.S. universities and DOE contributions to the upgrades of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN, second national labs. generation dark matter and dark energy experiments, and particle physics and accelerator research at U.S. universities and DOE national labs. We are grateful for your continued leadership in this important field of science. We are grateful for your continued leadership in this important field of science. Professor Edward Kearns Chair Fermilab Users Executive Committee Professor Edward Kearns Chair Fermilab Users Executive Committee Discussed getting official UEC letter head paper to make future letters easier
Impact of 2017 trip • You have probably noticed that there is an election ongoing at the moment • Not just for the President but for Senators and Representatives • Can expect that could be large change in Congress and in OMB and executive branch meetings • This means new people who we don’t have prior connections with. • Important offices maybe not about P5 or even about HEP • Will need to work hard to make connections with these new people
Meeting with Katie • Ed, I,Sowjanya, Carrie, Frank meet with Katie Yurkewicz from Office of Communication • Points of dissuasion • With the election the schedule for next year may be abnormal • If our trip is at normal march/april maybe be out of sync with the schedule • Is the ASK most important or the message? • Discussed what we want to bring next year in addition to p5 2 pager • Do we want to make new additional material? What else is available for us to bring? • Select symmetry articles to bring - can get in nice formatting • Bring articles on topical things - i.e. gravity waves • What ‘Fermilab’ brochure do we want to bring?
Meeting with SLAC/LHC • Should have good commination with the other groups • We have suggested in the past inviting them to parts of UEC meeting. Perhaps Lelands talks and the Government Relations talk • Can send links to links to our public minutes and talks to the other groups to keep them informed. • Reached out to heads of LHC and SLAC users group. Discussion points • Late in 2016 trip - arrived 1 week after the appropriations bills - but we had a warm welcome and message was well received • Important to promote NFS. Commented that been less prompted in the past • What ‘trinkets’ can be bring - in the past buttons, post cards, bookmarks • Put together Milestones and schedule so every is not again last min. • Need for complementary visual part to p5 message • Produce documentation with uniform style
Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Civics talk which he gave at ICHEP http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2269599/ We asked for beyond the PB - $833M
Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Civics talk which he gave at ICHEP http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2269599/
Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Civics talk which he gave at ICHEP http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2269599/
http://www.usparticlephysics.org/ Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Physics at DOE, we discussed the P5 and outreach material that exist that we could potentially also used for this trip
http://www.usparticlephysics.org/ Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Physicsat DOE, we discussed the P5 and outreach material that exists that we could potentially also used for this trip
http://www.usparticlephysics.org/ This is the main document the group has put together, at high level expected high level knowledge of HEP and p5. Normally put together after President budget ~ Feb short time scale to get done
http://www.usparticlephysics.org/ Andy Lankford has started effort to provide useful information to the broad U.S. particle physics community through the usparticlephysics.org website.
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